The high places (bamot) and the reforms of Hezekiah and Josiah: an archaeological investigation.
From: The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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Date: 7/1/2002
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Author: Fried, Lisbeth S.
This paper investigates the historicity of Hezekiah and Josiah's reforms of the bamot. A description of a bamah is derived from the biblical text. Structures matching the description are then sought in Iron Age II cities of Judah and Samaria. Cult sites matching the description are found, but these sites were not destroyed as a result of the edicts of these reforming kings. Rather, they were destroyed during the onslaughts of Pharaoh Sheshonq I and of the Assyrian kings Tiglath-pileser III, ...
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